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ər noun
1.
security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
2.
Anatomy.
a.
a subordinate or accessory part.
b.
a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.
3.
a relative descended from the same stock, but in a different line.
adjective
4.
accompanying; auxiliary: He received a scholarship and collateral aid.
5.
additional; confirming: collateral evidence; collateral security.
6.
secured by collateral: a collateral loan.
7.
aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary: These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal.
8.
descended from the same stock, but in a different line; not lineal: A cousin is a collateral relative.
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collateral (kɒˈlætərəl, kə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. security pledged for the repayment of a loan |
| b. (as modifier): a collateral loan | |
| 2. | a person, animal, or plant descended from the same ancestor as another but through a different line |
| —adj | |
| 3. | situated or running side by side |
| 4. | descended from a common ancestor but through different lines |
| 5. | serving to support or corroborate |
| 6. | aside from the main issue |
| 7. | uniting in tendency |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin com- together + laterālis of the side, from latus side] | |
| col'laterally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
collateral
late 14c., "accompanying," also "descended from the same stock," from O.Fr. collateral, from M.L. collateralis "accompanying," lit. "side by side," from L. com- "together" + lateralis "of the side," from latus "a side" (see oblate (n.)). Lit. sense of "parallel, along the
side of" attested in Eng. from c.1450.
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Medical Dictionary
collateral col·lat·er·al (kə-lāt'ər-əl)
adj.
Indirect, subsidiary, or accessory to the main thing.
Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.
A branch of a nerve axon or blood vessel.
A collateral relative.
col·lat'er·al·ly adv.
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